Events for
May 2nd - 4th, 2025
61 Prospect Ave, 4th Floor, Binghamton NY
Quote of the Week
"One who acts giving over all action to the universal Being, abandoning attachment, is untouched by sin as a lotus leaf by water."
Bhagavad-Gita 5.10
Commentary: "...giving over all action to the universal Being..." means understanding that the universal Being (Brahman, God, etc.) even though It does not act at all, It is still the source of all action. Just as our physical mind, and body while asleep, i.e. not acting, is still the source of all the actions we seem to make in our dreams. When we truly understand this we become free of "sin"--the attachment to having things be a particular way. Thus do we abandon attachment and remain as untouched by sin as a lotus leaf remains untouched and unaffected by water. The implication is that we're all dream-characters in the dream of the universal Being, like actors hired to play particular roles so that the Divine dreamer can experience every single aspect of itself both from the perspective of Its unified whole Self, and simultaneously from the perspectives of all Its infinite individual aspects. After playing our parts we return to the awareness of our unity and rejoice in the positive value of having experienced the various individual aspects of our unified wholeness.
--Yogi Edmond.
Movie Night
Movie: Conclave
Date: Friday May 2nd
Time: 7:30pm (optional: bring a dish or snack)
Click to view the Youtube Trailer
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
Directed by: Edward Berger
Screenplay by: Peter Straughan, based on Conclave by Robert Harris
Produced by: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael Jackman, Alice Dawson, Robert Harris
Music by: Volker Bertelmann
After the pope dies of a heart attack, the College of Cardinals, under the leadership of its dean, Thomas Lawrence of the United Kingdom, convenes to elect his successor. The four leading candidates are Aldo Bellini of the United States, a progressive; Joshua Adeyemi of Nigeria, a social conservative; Joseph Tremblay of Canada, a mainstream conservative; and Goffredo Tedesco of Italy, a staunch traditionalist. ... and thus the drama begins!
Hope to see you there! ☺
Group Meditation